American Indian Airwaves (AIA), an Indigenous public affairs radio porgram and, perhaps, the longest running Native American radio program within both Indigenous and the United States broadcast communication histories. Also, AIA broadcast weekly every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 Los Angeles (http://www.kpfk.org). Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aiacr American Indian Airwaves is produced in Burntswamp Studios and started broadcasting on March 1st, 1973 on KPFK in order to give Indigenous peoples and their respective First Nations a voice about the continuous struggles against Settler Colonialism and imperialism by the occupying and settler societies often referred to as the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Latin and South America countries located therein. American Indian Airwaves operates as an all-volunteer collective with no corporate sponsorship and no underwriters.
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State of Emergency in the Lakota Nation & the Poor Peoples Campaign in Pacoima, CA - (4/4/2019)
“4-Week State of Emergency in the Oglala Lakota Nation & Highlights from the Poor Peoples Campaign in Pacoima, CA Public Hearing on Homelessness & Poverty” Parts 1:___________________________________ Helene Gaddie (Oglala Lakota Nation) is a community member, long time activist, and continues to work tirelessly, along with other Indigenous community members to provide basic human services to Pine Ridge citizens of the Oglala Lakota Nation. For the past four weeks, the Oglala Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, SD has been enduring a four-week state of emergency resulting from two massive cyclones with blizzard conditions, freezing temperatures; snow, sleet, rain and flooding causing over 1,500 Oglala Lakota citizens to be displaced from their, scores of community member without drinkable water and adequate shelter and heat and/or skyrocketing electricity bills, plus community members in need of basic human necessities and services. Tune in to hear about the severity of issues and equally important what people can do help, plus more. To date, the Oglala Lakota Nation has not received any state and federal (FEMA) assistance. Sign the petition demanding the United States federal government send and provide emergency services and supplies. Emergency Contact Information: http://www.oglalalakotanation.info, https://www.oglalaoyankerelief.org, or call OST Emergency Management at 605-867-5011. https://www.lakotalaw.org/our-actions/empowering-the-people-of-the-oglala-sioux-tribe?ms=web-home Part 2: ___________________________________ Highlights from the 4/9/2019 Poor Peoples Campaign Public Hearing on Homelessness and Poverty in Pacoima, CA. An estimated one out of every five Telfair Elementary School students are homeless and others living in extreme poverty – too many of those children and their parent are Indigenous. In addition, according to the 2018 United Nations “Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights on his mission to the United States of America” it is underestimated that: “The 2016 poverty rate among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples was 26.2 per cent, the highest among all ethnic groups” and Indigenous peoples also have the highest unemployment rate of any ethnic group; 12% compared to the national average of 5.8 per cent; for more info: (https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1629536/files/A_HRC_38_33_Add-1-EN.pdf). Parts 3:___________________________________ Trini Rodriguez, poet, co-founder of the TiaChucha Cultural Center and Bookstore, and a principal organizer for the forthcoming Poor Peoples Campaign Public Hearing on Homelessness and Poverty in Pacoima, CA on Tuesday, 4/9/2019. With an estimated one out of every five Telfair Elementary School students homeless and others living in extreme poverty, Trini joins us for the final segment of the program to discuss the significance of the Public Hearing, how numerous Indigenous children in public school are denied basic living necessities and in need of humanitarian assistance, and what will transpire at Poor People’s Campaign on Homelessness and Poverty in Pacoima, CA; plus more. Information for the Public Hearing is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/275964423343334/ American Indian Airwaves regularly broadcast every Thursday from 7pm to 8pm (PCT) on KPFK FM 90.7 in Los Angeles, CA; FM 98.7 in Santa Barbara, CA; FM 99.5 in China Lake, CA; FM 93.7 in North San Diego, CA; FM 99.1 KLBP in Long Beach, CA (Mondays 3pm-4pm); WCRS FM 98.3/102.1 in Columbus, OH, and on the Internet at: www.kpfk.org. Archived American Indian Airwaves programs can be heard here: https://www.kpfk.org/on-air/american-indian-airwaves/